Weather: Northern Britain To Be Battered By 85mph Winds

Parts of the country are set to be lashed by winds of up to 85mph, forecasters have said.

A deep low centred over the Orkneys will bring strong winds over Northern England and Scotland, with the strongest gusts predicted.

Gemma Plumb, a forecaster with the MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "We have seen gusts of up to 56mph along the East Coast (on Saturday) and it looks like they will get progressively stronger."

She continued: "We are expecting gusts of up to 70mph over the Pennines.

"The winds will be strongest across Scotland and the Northern Isles where the gusts could reach 80 to 85mph.